Coordinating class projects in graduate courses: double the work or a double dip?
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Abstract
In an attempt to enhance student learning and promote graduate student publishing, faculty co-created and deployed a coordinated cross class project in their graduate classes. This project integrated course objectives and provided an opportunity for students to answer a complex, real-world question. This presentation will provide participants insight into the motivations, challenges, benefits, and strategies learned to through this process and the potential opportunities for future assignments.
Anastasia Thayer
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Anastasia is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Economics at Utah State University. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change to agriculture, agricultural water use, and water management. Currently, she is teaching undergraduate courses on topics in natural resource economics and graduate courses in agribusiness. She received her PhD in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University and M.S. in resource economics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Tanner McCarty
Assistant Professor
Dr. McCarty is an assistant professor in the applied economics department at Utah State. He teaches courses in agricultural economics and agribusiness. Dr. McCarty's research interests include agricultural contracting, specialty crops, agricultural risk management, dynamic optimization, applications of network theory to agricultural problems and teaching innovations.